The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-19

2U,UU men, au wearing WnlGe ndtS ana carry
ing canes Five thousand of the paraders
were mounted. There was also serenade
by German singing societies, and Mr. Cleve-
land made short address.
Tuesday morning President Cleveland held
another public reception at the Court House
in St. Louis. A great crowd filed in, the city
officials first, and the private citizens, many
of them from the surrounding country,
afterward. At 1890 the reception stopped
! end the Presidential party took carriages
and were driven to the levee. Getting aboard
a steamboat, ten-mile trip along the Mis-
sissippi was made, and at the return to the
CITY lunch was served in the clubhouse of the
Fair Grounds. Then the party visited the
crowded grand stand and witnessed trot-
ting race. Forty thousand people were pres
ent.
Cleveland witnessed the grand street pageant
of the Yelled Prophets illustrating by twen-
ty-two floats some of the events Of Biblical
history, beginning with the dawn of history,
tho Expulsion of Lucifer, Egyptian Captivity,
scenes Of the Exodus, the Philistines, the
Prophets, events of Daniel, Jonah and Josiah's
life, war scenes, and ending with the famous
Belshazzar feast. The procession moved
without interruption, and was about an hour
in passing Throughout its length it was
illuminated with colored lights, besides the
glare from the hundred thousand gas jets es-
pecially erected for the carnival. The crowds
along the line of march were very
dense From Fourth to Sixteenth street
along Washington avenue was mass OF hu-
manity, leaving hardly room enough for the
floats to pass by. The police were unable to
control the people, but the moving column
kept open the way.
At 8 O'Clock the last car had passed by the
Lindell Hotel balcony, and the President and
Mrs. Cleveland were Immediately driven to
the Merchants Exchange building, in the
great hall of which was held the Yelled
Prophets ball.
At II o'clock the Presidential party with
drew and were escorted Immediately to the
depot, and were soon on their way to
Chicago.
When the Presidential party reached Chi
cago at o'clock Wednesday morning, it
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland got into millionaire
Ben Rawson's landau, drawn by four hand
some horses The other occupants of the
landau were Mayor Roche and Cen Terry,
commander of the Department Of Mis-.
souri,. The cavalry and artillery at
tempted to form procession behind,
but the crowd pressing from all sides was so
great the military got all mixed up with the
civilians for time. When the line began to
get into the fine residence portion of Chicago
there was some attempt to get order out of
the tangle, but the crowd was SO great that it
was almost impossible to preserve line I'm
agine four or five miles of broad streets with
people banked in as thick as they could stand
from away outside the curbstone to the walls
Of the houses up the stoops and extending
far back Oh every cross street. The two or
three policemen who were scattered every
half mile were powerless to do anything with
such press. There were cheers all along
the line as the four-in-hand came in sight
and Mr.. Cleveland was given to understand
at once that he and his wife were welcome
to Chicago. On every side flags were flying,
and many houses along the avenue were dec
GRATED with banners and bunting. Portraits
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland were conspicuous
in many windows
After the procession had gone three
quarters of the way Mrs Cleveland became
too tired to proceed further. A carriage
was called, and she was taken to her apart
ments in the Palmer House.
When the procession reached the reviewing
stand at the new Auditorium Building the
party alighted, and Mayor Roche made
speech of welcome, to which the President
and for over an hour the President stood up
responding to the salutes. The crowd IN the
vicinity of the stand was great, many special
trains having brought thousands Of people
from all parts Of the Northwest, all anxious
for glance at the President and his wife,
After the parade the President was driven to
the Palmer House, and in the rotunda there,
accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland, he held a
public reception. The President shook hands
with all who could reach him, but Mrs.
Cleveland stood quietly by, and some
of the time sat in a bower Of flowers and
potted plants arranged for her near the
President. A number of ladies received with
her. About 6, 200 people succeeded in shaking
hands with the President
In the evening, from to II, there was an
other reception in the Columbia Theatre,
given by the society people of Chicago
to the President and Mrs. Cleveland.
Mrs Cleveland wore moss green
plush dress with military bullion trimmings
and looked very lovely. She stood at the
Presidents right and shook hands with each
person presented The theatre was filled as
soon as the doors were thrown open, and
after the first few minutes the doors were
closed at intervals in order to allow those in
the house to pay their respects to the guests
of the evening. 1t was very brilliant affair
and lastel from o'clock till II. Then the
President and his wife were permitted to re-
tire to their hotel and seek much needed rest.